
9.
In the midst of the prevailing apostasy, how many in Israel
had not bowed the knee to Baal? In the final apostasy of the last
days, who alone will not bow in false worship? 1 Kings 19:18;
Rev. 13:8; 14:12.
NOTE.—"Among earth's inhabitants, scattered in every land, there are those
who have not bowed the knee to Baal. Like the stars of heaven, which appear
only at night, these faithful ones will shine forth when darkness covers the
earth and gross darkness the people. In heathen Africa, in the Catholic lands
of Europe and of South America, in China, in India, in the islands of the sea,
and in all the dark corners of the earth, God has in reserve a firmament of
chosen ones that will yet shine forth amidst the darkness, revealing clearly to an
apostate world the transforming power of obedience to His
law."—Prophets
and Kings,
pages 188, 189.
10.
Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the
Lord, what messenger will be sent? What application did Jesus
make of this prophecy? Mal. 4:5, 6; Matt. 11:11, 14; Luke 1:13, 17;
Isa. 40:3, 9, 10.
11.
What message will prepare a people for the great day of
God? Rev. 14:6-11; 18:1-5.
NOTE.—"False religion may prevail, iniquity may abound, the love of many
may wax cold, the cross of Calvary may be lost sight of, and darkness, like the
pall of death, may spread over the world; the whole force of the popular cur-
rent may be turned against the truth; plot after plot may be formed to over-
throw the people of God; but in the hour of greatest peril, the God of Elijah
will raise up human instrumentalities to bear a message that will not be silenced.
.,.. Earnestly will they call upon men and women to turn from the observance
of a man-made institution to the observance of the true
Sabbath."—Prophets
and Kings,
pages 186, 187.
12.
What characteristics of John the Baptist are to be found in
those who prepare the way for the coming of the Lord? Luke 1:
15; Matt. 3:4.
NOTE. "John was a reformer. . . . The simplicity of his dress, a garment
woven of camel's hair, was a standing rebuke to the extravagance and display
of the Jewish priests, and of the people generally. His diet, purely vegetable, of
locusts and wild honey, was a rebuke to the indulgence of appetite and the
gluttony that everywhere prevailed. . . . God has shown that health reform is
as closely connected with the third angel's message as the hand is with the
body."—Testimonies,
vol. 3, p. 62.
13.
In what triumphant experience is Elijah a type of the
advent people? 2 Kings 2:11; Matt. 17:1-3; 1 Thess. 4:16, 17.
NOTE.—"Elijah was a type of the saints who will be living on the earth at
the time of the second advent of Christ, and who will be 'changed, in a moment,
in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump,' without tasting of death."—
Prophets and Kings,
page
227.
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